music...

I've found some new music to put over the more emotional section of my trailer, as after watching my trailer back, the music i had originally used was to 'piecey' and not long enough to cover what i needed it for. After looking through soundtrack pro i found a new soundtrack that would suit my trailer well. In the construction documentary you will see me adding it into the trailer and removing the old one.

trailer title

As i've already blogged about, i came up with a new idea for the title of the trailer. Below i have shared a link to a first draft of this which i completed. It is quite a simplified version and is not perfect, but it was just a first attempt to give me some sort of idea as to how i would need to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD0ezU4u3mM

To create this i used after effects. By freeze framing a section of the clip i desire i will have a shot of alex on his bmx freezing in the air. The background and the titles are moved around by key frame, meaning i can move them where ever i like. As for the paint splats, i can move those around too and get rid of the black background using colour dodge. In the final titles i will use colour effects like 'colour correction' to add colour to the titles. In my construction documentary i will show how i made the final titles.

The background will be the same for the final one, however the text is likely to change so it is the same at that from the poster and the magazine front cover. The clip may not be the same either, although i am yet to decide this.

As well as the draft titles i did, i tried another one as well. I never completed this, but i did add a few different things to it and it has the basic elements as how i made the draft in it. Below i've shared a link to a screen flow of me creating it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSHln_bVdz0

Magazine front cover

After looking at my magazine front cover first rough cut, i've come up with a few improvements that i feel will make it better.

• firstly, i don't like the title i i think it needs more colour. I have decided that i will add a little red to it to make it stand out a little more and work a bit better with the cover lines and photo.
• I dont like how red the film title is, and i dont think it stands out enough, so i will change the colour of the writing 'pushing the boundaries' to white and i will try and make the 'Alex Coleborn' part stand out more whilst keeping it red.
• I think the photo needs to be darker because at the moment it detracts away from everything else and ends up making the front cover look a little like a poster.
• There aren't enough cover lines and i feel that if i add a few more it will look more like a magazine front cover, rather than a poster, which i think it has the slight look of at the moment.
• Finally, i will change the stroke on a number of cover lines and also the mast head and the website. At the moment, many of these have a small stroke on them which makes them look like some kind of tacky word art from Word. I will replace the stroke with a drop shadow, but give it no distance and a larger spread so it ends up making a black haze behind the text. Hopefully this will be enough to make the writing stand out.

Improving the trailer's narrative

The rough cut of my trailer had a confusing narrative. The focus of the film is about Alex and his talents on a BMX, but by the end of the trailer the audience were left believing that the film is about Alex's struggle in a mission to become the worlds best BMX rider. On this light, i have decided to change around the order of the trailer slightly. I will still however, use the same shots. I will split the action section up into two parts, and then by adding the emotional section between them, the film is established once more as a more action film by the end.

Ancillary - Poster

After looking at what i was going to do with my trailer, i decided i should review my ancillaries too, in order to establish a plan of what i will do.

For my poster i will...

• change the font of the writing in the top right corner
• switch the top and bottom writing around
• make the writing of the main title look more like its on the fence and also more in keeping with the style

Reviewing my trailer

After looking at the the possible ideas of changes for my trailer, i will be doing the following:

• Changing the order to show a better narrative
• changing the 'emotional music' at the end of the trailer
• Ive already moved additional shot from the beginning to the end
• adding the new title idea (with the freeze frame and effects)
• Adding a few more effects throughout the trailer to show a different range of skills

trailer...

After thinking about all the changes that i could make to myu trailer i've come up with a few new ones. Instead of mixing the trailer up i will simply change the order so it tells a better narative, as at the moment it is set up too much like just an action film.


I am still going to do the other changes, like the smoothing the end music up and adding more effects. I've had a better idea for the title, instead of having the bmx riding through it i will have one that uses more effects. The general idea is that i will use a freeze effect and then have titles and paint effects come on to the screen.
 
A link to some similar styled titles is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F68ax29Qzs

This is the trailer for the film jackass 2. It uses some freeze frame style things at the start and this is similar to what i hope to achieve, although the writing on mine will also be animated.

Ancillaries

I'm now looking at the changes that may or may not need to be made to my ancillaries. I have already changed the writing on the poster to make it look like it is on the graffiti wall as it was suggested by numerous people that it would look better like that. I'm still looking at what i could do to the magazine front cover.

Here's a print screen of the poster with the new title on it.

Trailer changes...

As well as the changes i am already reviewing for my trailer, it has been proposed that it appears to be split up into 2 parts and that i should perhaps mix it up a little bit in order to make it flow better... I will look at doing this over the next couple of weeks or so, but we're coming up to exams now so everything is very busy.

I filmed the shot i'll need for the title of the BMX over the green screen yesterday, although i dont think i will be adding that it for a few weeks or so, just before i complete the trailer and look at evaluation.

With all ancillary drafts and trailer drafts completed, i am well underway to meet the new dealine towards the end of february. This allows me a lot more time for changes and improvements to all of my project pieces, in order to come up with the final productions. As well as that, it means i have much more time to ensure my evaluation is done thoroughly and well.

NEW COURSEWORK DEADLINE!!

On returning to school today, i found out that everyone has been given an extension from the 21st january to sometime at the end of february. There are numerous reasons for this, from the deadline being in the middle of exams, to Mr. Dowson being understandably absent, and also the fact that this way works a lot more efficiently for the rest of the course.

This extension in the deadline means i have a lot more time to complete the coursework, which is helpful over the exam time throughout january, and also offers me more time to improve and achieve a better standard of work.

Potential changes

After talking to the Big D about my trailer today i have come up with a series of potential changes to make:

• i want to add a few more effects to the middle section and change around the writing parts because im not too keen on how they look,
• The end bit needs a little bit of tidying up so it runs a bit smoother,
• i am going to change the music over the end bit so its not so piecey
• the additional shot i put at the start of the trailer, i will move to the end where i think it wuill fit a lot better.

I will have a play around with these changes opver the next couple of weeks and update the bloge if i change anything. At some point Mr.Dowson will have a quiick look at my drafts and see what he thinks of them, after that i'll have a look at changing parts of them.

Back to school

Today we came back to school after the christmas holidays. I've now finished bothe the rough cut for my trailer and the rough cuts of both ancillaries. Over the next couple of weeks i will go over and review all the projects and collect some audience feed back to help me in prioducing the final copies. After that i will sort out all of the evaluation and essure my blog is completely up to date. I will blog my construction documentary as soon as i have finished making everything and completed editing it together.